Wednesday, March 01, 2017

272 apply for associate judge in Cook County

If not all, then almost all of the recently appointed judges seem to have also completed applications for this new class of associate judges. The Supreme Court may giveth, but the Democratic Party sometimes taketh away. It's best to hedge one's bets.

Several former judges are on this list as well. Some of these were slated when they ran; some weren't. However, as I'd suggested in a Page Two post back in 2015, slating buys only credibility and access. The $40,000 buy-in (or whatever it may be for 2018) is like an NFL seat license: It just buys the candidate the right to buy tickets, in this case tickets to everybody else's fundraisers. And ads in everyone's adbooks.

And then, of course, there's SLATING... and then there's slating. And the electorate can be fickle, even when the committeemen are faithful. So, for many reasons, some judges wind up ex-judges, hoping to return via the associate judge selection process. Some just lost their spots; some have been gone for awhile.

FWIW readers will recognize a number of applicants on this list as candidates in previous election cycles. Many of these have applied for associate judge before as well. Some names will be particularly familiar because they'd previously made it to the Almost-Promised Land of the Fabled Short List. Almost-promised. These former finalists stand once again outside the wardrobe door, hoping it will fully open into Narnia this time but, if history is any guide, many will find only old coats.

Anyway, without further preface, here is the list of applicants.
  1. ADDUCI, Nancy Galassini
  2. AGRAWAL, Rishi
  3. AHMAD, Mohammad A.
  4. AIMEN, Julie Bess
  5. AIRAUDI, Joy Christine
  6. ALLEN, Shay T.
  7. ALONSO, Amee Elizabeth
  8. AMMENDOLA, Marina E.
  9. ANDREOU, Frank John
  10. ANTONIETTI, Erin Haggerty
  11. ARNOLD, Kina Nicole
  12. AUGUSTUS, Maria
  13. AYALA-GONZALEZ, Laura
  14. BAE, Jennifer Eun
  15. BALSON, Laura Adeline Shadle
  16. BARRETT, Michael Brendan
  17. BARRIDO, Jerome Celis
  18. BAUM, Gideon Abraham
  19. BAUMANN, Deidre
  20. BEACH, Charles Stanley
  21. BENSON, John Christopher
  22. BRAVE, Sunil Shashikant
  23. BILBREY, Kimberly R.
  24. BLAKE, Sandra Mary
  25. BLINICK, Robert Kendall
  26. BLUMENTHAL, Jeffrey S.
  27. BONDS TALLEYRAND, Andrea Daenille
  28. BRASSIL, John Hugh
  29. BRENNAN, Daniel H., Jr.
  30. BROOKS, Lloyd James
  31. BUIKEMA, Joel David
  32. BUNTINAS, Arunas R
  33. BYRNE, James Luke
  34. CAGE, Patrick Bernard
  35. CARROLL, John P., Jr.
  36. CASEY, Carol Anne
  37. CENAR, Richard G.
  38. CHRlSTOPHELL, Steve
  39. CHRONES, Jeffery George
  40. CHUPACK, Joel Louis
  41. CLARY, Joseph P.
  42. CLEARY, Gerald Vernon Patrick, III
  43. COAKLEY, Kellyn Doyle
  44. COLEMAN, H. Yvonne
  45. COLLINS, Cary James
  46. COOK, Christine Elizabeth
  47. COOPER, Christopher C.
  48. CORTESI, Nicholas James
  49. COSGROVE, Audrey Victoria
  50. COYNE, Daniel Thomas
  51. CRAWLEY, James Patrick
  52. CUNNINGHAM, Kevin P.
  53. CURRIN, Margaret Elizabeth
  54. CUSHING, Thomas Maloney
  55. DALY, Colleen Reardon
  56. DAUPHIN, Yolaine Marie
  57. DAVIS, Adrienne Elaine
  58. DAWKINS, Barbara Lynette
  59. DELGADO, Kent A.
  60. DE MATTEO, Gabriel Joseph
  61. DERICO, James Thomas, Jr.
  62. DICKMAN, Michael Joseph
  63. DIMOND, Karen Jane
  64. DOLAN, Alice Elizabeth
  65. DUNNEBACK, James Francis
  66. DYER, Deidre Myra
  67. EBERSOLE, Sabra Lynne
  68. EMBIL, Diana Lenore
  69. EVANS, Carl Lauras, Jr.
  70. FALAGARIO, Michael James
  71. FARMAKIS, Athena Aphrodite
  72. FELDMAN, Stephen Jason
  73. FELICIONE, Laura Lechowicz
  74. FERRANTE, Mark Vincent
  75. FLEMING, Dennis Michael
  76. FLORES, Barbara Nubia
  77. FORESTER, Laura Ellen
  78. FORTI, Michael Angelo
  79. FOTOPOULOS, John S.
  80. GALHOTRA, Kulmeet Singh
  81. GERBER, Michael Perry
  82. GILL, Jennifer Lynn
  83. GIOVANNINI, Dennis Arthur
  84. GLORIOSO, Mauro
  85. GOLDEN, Jean Mary
  86. GONZALEZ, Jennifer Lynn
  87. GONZALEZ, Peter Michael
  88. GOODRUM, Bernice
  89. GORDAN, Elias Martin
  90. GREEN, Jonathan Clark
  91. GREEN, Sanju Oommen
  92. GUDINO, Ruth Isabel 
  93. HANLON, James Edward, Jr.
  94. HARRIS, Robert Forsyth
  95. HARVEY, Toya Tinette
  96. HELLNER, Mark L.
  97. HENRY, Sheree Desaree
  98. HILL, Lawrence Napoleon
  99. HODAL, Joseph Anthony
  100. HOGAN, Michael James, Jr.
  101. HORAN, Cecilia Anne
  102. HOURIHANE, John Nahum
  103. HOVEY, Robert Jerome
  104. HOWSE, Natalie Lynn
  105. HUDSON, Nathalina A.
  106. HUGE, Lindsay Christopher
  107. HUGHES, Kevin Christopher
  108. JANNUSCH, Matthew William
  109. JOHN, Patrick Dankwa
  110. JONES, Celeste Kathleen
  111. JONES, Preston, Jr.
  112. KAHN, Eileen Susan
  113. KANTAS, Nicholas Alexander
  114. KARAVIDAS, Theodore George
  115. KARDAS, Kim Richard
  116. KARKULA, Elizabeth Anne
  117. KESSLER, Sheri C.
  118. KOCH, James B.
  119. KOEHLER, Julie Ann
  120. KOUGIAS, Thomas Peter
  121. KOZICKI, Scott Michael
  122. KREMIN, David Keith
  123. KRISLOV, Clinton Arthur
  124. KRUEGER, Steven Philip
  125. KUBALANZA, Joan Marie G.
  126. LACEY, Sammy Ward
  127. LANAHAN, Kathaleen Theresa
  128. LARIMER, Angela Sue
  129. LEVIN, Ellis Bernard
  130. LEVIN, Lawrence Wolf
  131. LOIZON, Yvette Colette
  132. LUBY, William Joseph
  133. LUQUE-ROSALES, Mercedes
  134. LUSKIN, Joshua Dante
  135. MACKOFF, Myron Franklin
  136. MAHER, John G.
  137. MAKOWSKI, Donna B.
  138. MALONE, Kimberly Michelle
  139. MALONEY, Edward James
  140. MALONEY LAYTIN, Kerrie Elizabeth
  141. MARCONI, Jerome Frank
  142. MARKOFF, Robert Glenn
  143. MAROVICH, Michael Jay
  144. MAYS, Celestia Laurene
  145. MECZYK, Ralph Eugene
  146. MELCHOR, Mary Alice
  147. MESSINEO, James Michael
  148. McCARTHY, Kelly Marie
  149. McCONVILLE, Terrence James
  150. McGUIRE, Thomas Frank
  151. McKENNA, Scott Darrell
  152. McMAHON, William John
  153. McNULTY, John Wesley
  154. MILLER, Stephanie Kathryn
  155. MOJICA, Lisette Catherine
  156. MOLITOR, Thomas Raymond
  157. MOLTZ, Ira Alexander
  158. MONREAL, Adam Peter
  159. MONTES, Paul Joseph, II
  160. MOORE, Kelly Ann
  161. MORRIS, Tisa Lynne
  162. MORRISSEY, Thomas Anthony
  163. MULAY, Megan Kathleen
  164. MULLENIX, James David
  165. MURPHY, James Vincent, III
  166. MURRAY, James C., Jr.
  167. NACH, Brian Michael
  168. NAVARRO, David Ricardo
  169. NAZARIAN, Nancy Ellen
  170. NESBIT, Nicole Chyrisse
  171. NIKOLIC, Daniel Peter, Jr.
  172. NORRlS, Scott
  173. NOWINSKI, Thomas E.
  174. OCHALLA, Kevin John
  175. O’CONNELL, Catherine Ann
  176. OGAREK, Margaret Mary
  177. O’LOUGHLIN, Kate Ryan
  178. O’MALLEY, Michael I.
  179. O’MEARA, John Andrew
  180. OSTOJIC, Radusa
  181. PANNITTO, Michael John
  182. PANTOGA, Ann Addis
  183. PARK, Jeanah
  184. PATTERSON, Monique Lenee
  185. PATTON, Nichole Catina
  186. PAYNE, Jennifer Joyce
  187. PAYNE, Litricia Pauline
  188. PERKINS, Marian Emily
  189. PERKINS, Robbin Eunise
  190. PETERS, Daniel Lawrence
  191. PEZANOSKI, Diane Marie
  192. PIEMONTE, Gina Angela
  193. PLESHA, Gregory Gerard
  194. PLOTNICK, Paul William
  195. PODLASEK, Robert Michael
  196. POLI, Carl (Carlo) Ettore
  197. POWER, Stephen Walter
  198. QUINN, Jill Rose
  199. QUISH, Clare Joyce
  200. RAKOWSKI, Leo Steven
  201. RASCIA, Ronald Anthony
  202. REGGI, Martin Douglas
  203. REILLY, James Michael
  204. RICE, Ashonta Cherron
  205. RICHARDSON, Travis
  206. RILEY, Shellé Eileen
  207. RIZZI, Steven J.
  208. ROPER, Lori Ann
  209. ROSADO, Joanne F.
  210. ROSEN, Lori Michele
  211. ROSENBERG, Geri Pinzur
  212. ROSS, Curtis Bennett
  213. SAINDON, Pamela
  214. SALAJANU, Ioana
  215. SALTOUROS, Stephanie D.
  216. SAMPEN, Don R.
  217. SANDERS, Catherine Dorothy
  218. SANTANA, Jaime Rafael
  219. SCANLON, Brian Patrick
  220. SCHOOP, Devlin Joseph
  221. SEATON, Debra Ann
  222. SEEDER, Myron Marshall
  223. SHAPIRO, James Anthony
  224. SHOFFNER, Robin Denise
  225. SIANIS, Athanasios (Tom) S.
  226. SIEGEL, Charles W.
  227. SILVA, Rosa Maria
  228. SIMMONS-FORD, Jade Ginese
  229. SIMPKINS, Anthony E.
  230. SMITH, Levander, Jr.
  231. SMITH, Trina
  232. SMUDA, Joan Ellen
  233. SNYDER, Martin Dockery
  234. SOLOMON, Donald Scott
  235. SPENCE, Keith Lenell
  236. STANIEC, Denise Y.
  237. STANTON, Patrick Thomas
  238. STEFFEN, Ketki Shroff
  239. STEPHENSON, Brian Joseph
  240. STROM, Michael Alan
  241. STROMSTA, Jon Karl
  242. STUDENROTH, David L.
  243. SUTTON, Arthur Dale
  244. SWANSON, Alfred M., Jr.
  245. SWANSON, Karin Elizabeth
  246. TAYLOR, Lisa M.
  247. TAYLOR, Mable
  248. THIBAULT, Renee Therese
  249. TIERNAN, Daniel Owen
  250. TOFT, Rachael Nicole
  251. TREVINO, Daniel Alexander
  252. TRISTAN, Gerardo, Jr.
  253. TROWBRIDGE, Bradley R.
  254. TYNER, Randall Louis
  255. TZINBERG, Scott William
  256. UNDERHILL, Edward J.
  257. VAHEY, Kathryn Maloney
  258. VELCICH, George Mario
  259. VROUSTOURIS, Alexander
  260. WALSH, Michael Daniel
  261. WATTS, Christopher Alexander
  262. WEAVER, Lynn Karyl
  263. WEBBER, Andrea Michelle
  264. WEBER, Adam Justin
  265. WESTON, Antoinette Denise
  266. WHITING, Oran Fresno
  267. WILK, John Francis
  268. WILLIS, Arthur Wesley
  269. WRENN, Jeanne Marie
  270. WRIGHT, James Adolph
  271. YU, William
  272. ZAMPARO, Roger, Jr.
Persons with relevant information regarding any associate judge applicant are invited to correspond with the Circuit Court of Cook County Nominating Committee, c/o Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans, 50 West Washington Street, Room 2600, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

As far as slating, supreme court appointments, and making the associate judge short list; I see things the way they really are. By that, I mean all three are similar in that they are not transparent or fair, and they are controlled by extremely hypocritical people. Some more than others.

I believe Mr. Leyhane sees things differently. He sees the glass as half-full. He is an optimist and looks for signs that slating, supreme court appointments, and the short list are conducted in a way that we all wish they were: Transparent, honest and fair. Where everyone has an equal shot.

Reviewing the 2017 associate candidate list, familiar names are seen. Surprising, several judges who went home early due to losing their elections are NOT on the list. I guess they are done. Even more surprising, I see that at least one judge, twice appointed and needing to run again, NOT on the list. I guess that is confidence or arrogance or both.

And, for the first time in many, many years, I see that Mr. Leyhane, along with my own name is not on the list. A rare time that Mr. Leyhane and I have reached the same conclusion. Bravo to you Mr. Leyhane. No need to put yourself through the process again. Hope is the last to die. But hope is also a fog, and once it lifts, the world is seen with new clarity.

Anonymous said...

Dear Anon 3/6/17 @ 7:02,

That's right -- life's not fair. But glad to hear that you are quitting. Less competition for the rest of us too dumb or stubborn to quit.
By the way, the Easter Bunny was shot by the same guy who murdered Bambi's mother. Santa Claus died from a heart attack. I could list other things "unfair" in life, but you surely get the idea.

Get over it and yourself. Numerous elected judges were not slated, appointed or even bothered to apply for the short list and yet there they are, wreaking havoc, er, dispensing justice on the Fourth Floor in Traffic Court (when they bother to come to work) or in some other crevice of the county that they call their kingdom. Several former judges were both slated and appointed (some more than once -- in BOTH categories) and the operative word in this sentence is FORMER.

I hope you are able to convince 270 other people to join the quitter's circle too because that AJ list could use some preemptive culling. Remember gunners, there can be only one. And in 2018, numerous readers of this blog plan to be that person in their particular judicial race.

But watch out for those Second Time Runners, several of 2014's and 2016's winners were losers in prior cycles and repeat runners don't make the same rookie mistakes that the rest of the herd tend to make. Ok, one person this cycle seems hell bent on using the same play book from 2016. Perhaps he is confident, arrogant or both. Or perhaps he's crazy like a fox because even a broken clock is right twice a day. But only time will tell.


Sincerely,

ARROYO EP CAROTHERS McCULLOCH, Inc. (we like da nobody's nobody sent, but we want their money even more)


Jack Leyhane said...

Wait a minute... Santa Claus is d-d-d-d- -- not feeling well?

*sniffle * sniffle

I don't believe you!